Barbara Jackson
Barbara Jackson (Republican Party) was a judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She assumed office on January 1, 2011. She left office on December 31, 2018.
Jackson (Republican Party) ran for re-election for judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
She was elected to this position in 2010.
Prior to being elected to the North Carolina Supreme Court, Jackson served as a judge for the North Carolina Court of Appeals. She received her J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for North Carolina Supreme Court
Anita Earls defeated incumbent Barbara Jackson and Chris Anglin in the general election for North Carolina Supreme Court on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anita Earls (D)  | 49.6 | 1,812,751 |
 | Barbara Jackson (R) | 34.1 | 1,246,263 | |
 | Chris Anglin (R) | 16.4 | 598,753 | |
| Total votes: 3,657,767 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2010
- Main article: North Carolina judicial elections, 2010
Jackson defeated Robert C. Hunter in the general election, winning 51.87 percent of the vote.[1] She was elected to the seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court being vacated by Edward Thomas Brady.[2]
Campaign themes
2018
Campaign website
Jackson’s campaign website stated the following:
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In 2004, the citizens of North Carolina elected me to the North Carolina Court of Appeals and in 2010, I was elected to my current seat on the Supreme Court. I cannot overstate how overwhelmed I was with gratitude at this outpouring of support. Since first taking office as a judge in January 2005, I have done my best to live up to the trust that the citizens placed in me when they first elected me to judicial office. I have participated in hundreds of cases that are important to every citizen in this State. In every decision, I have sought to follow through on my longstanding judicial philosophy that it is the duty of the judicial branch to judge fairly and impartially, and within the limitations provided by the constitution and laws of the State. Put simply: Judges should judge; legislators should legislate. When asked during job interviews over the years what my greatest strength is, I consistently have responded, my integrity. I always have strived to conduct myself in a manner that will reflect well both on myself as a person and as a member of the legal profession. Our profession is grounded in the imperative that attorneys abide by the Rules of Professional Conduct-rules that require us to maintain that sense of integrity and to be as straightforward and honest in our dealings with our colleagues as possible while maintaining our obligations of client confidentiality. I have followed those rules, tenets and principles assiduously throughout my legal career-and frankly, it has not been difficult because those are core values with which I was brought up and which I was expected to follow. I have found that this course of conduct has served both me and my clients well throughout my career, and I have continued to conduct myself in this manner on both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals benches. Finally, I am a fair and even-handed person. I think that is an essential characteristic that one should look for in evaluating a candidate for a judicial office. In addition, with the breadth and depth of my personal and professional experience, I have the demonstrated legal ability to form a carefully considered opinion, based upon both the facts and the law and render consistent justice to the citizens and the attorneys of the State of North Carolina. I believe my career choices have demonstrated a commitment to equal justice under law, freedom from bias and compassion. I think you can see from the career path I have chosen during my fourteen years practicing law here in Wake County and my thirteen years as an appellate court judge serving on both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals that my commitment to public service is strong. I ask for your support as I seek re-election to a second term on the Supreme Court of North Carolina. [3] |
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| —Barbara Jackson’s campaign website (2018)[4] | ||
Education
She received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984 and her J.D. from the same school in 1990. She also studied abroad for a summer at Oxford University in England.[5]
Career
- 2011-2018: Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
- 2005-2010: Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
- 2001-2004: General counsel, North Carolina Commissioner of Labor
- 1996-2001: Attorney, Holt York McDarris & High
- 1992-1996: Deputy general counsel, North Carolina Governor’s Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities
- 1991-1992: Assistant legal counsel, Associate General Counsel to Gov. Martin
- 1990-1991: Law clerk, Chief Justice Burley Mitchell, North Carolina Supreme Court[5][6]
Awards and associations
Associations
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Administrative Law Section
- Government Attorneys Section
- Labor and Employment Law Section
- Wake County Bar Association
- Summer Programs Committee
- Fellow of North Carolina Institute of Political Leadership[6]
Endorsements and scorecards
During the 2010 election, Jackson was endorsed by the North Carolina state Republican Party.[7]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Jackson received a campaign finance score of 0.76, indicating a conservative ideological leaning. This was more conservative than the average score of -0.01 that justices received in North Carolina.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[8]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ North Carolina Secretary of State, "Unofficial 2010 General Election Results"
- ↑ The Laurinburg Exchange "Yongue to face challenger," February 16, 2010
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Barbara Jackson for North Carolina Supreme Court, “Judicial Integrity,” accessed October 31, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Barbara Jackson for NC Supreme Court, "Biography"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Barbara Jackson for NC Supreme Court, "Experience"
- ↑ Carolina Journal, David N. Bass, "N.C. Judicial Races Fly Under Voter Radar," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina
State courts:
Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina
